Thought n° 310 Tuesday 5 November Always and in everything let there be more uprightness of intention, more exactitude, more punctuality, more generosity in serving the Lord and then you will be as the Lord wants you. Padre Pio! 

Thought n° 309 Monday 4 November In order to aim at perfection it is necessary to take the greatest care to do everything in order to please God and to try to avoid even the smallest fault; to do one’s duty and everything else with more generosity. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 308 Sunday 3 November One day a spiritual son asked him: Father, how can I increase my love? Reply: By doing your duty with exactitude and upright intentions and observing the law of the Lord. If you do this with constancy and perseverance, your love will grow. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 307 Saturday 2 November My children, to remain like this, unable to do my duty, is useless, it is better that I die! Padre Pio 

Thought n° 306 Friday 1 November Duty before everything else, even before what is holy. Padre Pio! 

Thought n° 305 Thursday 31 October Patience is more perfect when it is less mixed up with worries and disturbances. If the good God wants to prolong the time of trial, do not complain or try to investigate the reason, but remember the following: That the children of Israel travelled for forty years in the…

Thought n° 304 Wednesday 30 October The desire to be in eternal peace is good and holy, but you must moderate this with complete resignation to the divine will. It is better to do the divine will on earth, than to enjoy Paradise. To suffer and not to die, was Saint Teresa’s motto. Purgatory is…

Thought n° 303 Tuesday 29 October The struggle we have prior to a good work we intend to do is like the antiphon that precedes the solemn psalm to be sung. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 302 Monday 28 October If we are calm and patient, we will not only find ourselves, but also our souls and, with it, God. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 301 Sunday 27 October The Spirit of God is a spirit of peace and even in the most serious faults He makes us feel a sorrow that is tranquil, humble, and confident and this is precisely because of his mercy. The spirit of the devil, instead, excites, exasperates and makes us feel, in…